LinkPoint COM Component Object Model (COM), a technology developed and used by Microsoft Corporation and its partners, is particularly compatible with the Windows NT system, succeeding as a virtual drop-in solution. The LinkPoint COM is an in-process server supporting a single-threaded apartment (STA) model, enabling the implementation of transaction processing methods in the following languages:

• Visual Basic
• HTML/VBScript
• Active server pages (htm)
• Microsoft SiteServer Commerce Edition
• Other languages that support COM technology

LinkPoint PERL
The LinkPoint PERL wrapper is a common scripting language written for UNIX and Windows systems used by many e-commerce developers. PERL is freeware; the only cost incurred for integration is the LinkPoint PERL wrapper software. Operating systems compatible with LinkPoint PERL wrapper are identical to those compatible with LinkPoint.

Macromedia^® ColdFusion^®Tag
Macromedia ColdFusion is a server-based solution for rapidly building and deploying Internet applications and Web services. ColdFusion allows developers to use a markup language similar to hypertext markup language (HTML) to develop their Web application.

LinkPoint PHP
The LinkPoint PHP wrapper is written in personal hypertext processor language and embeds the functionality provided by LinkPoint Connect directly into the merchant's Web server. The operating systems compatible with the LinkPoint PHP wrapper are identical to those that are compatible with LinkPoint API.

LinkPoint iHTML Tag
Inline Internet Systems, Inc., has developed a custom iHTML tag, which is very similar to the ColdFusion tag. For more information, please visit the Inline Internet Systems Web site at ihtml.com.